Rescue of the Bounty: Disaster and Survival in Superstorm Sandy

by Michael J. Tougias and Douglas A. Campbell

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From the author of the Fall 2015 Disney movie The Finest Hours, the “thrilling and perfectly paced” (Booklist) story of the sinking and rescue of Bounty—the tall ship used in the classic 1962 movie Mutiny on the Bounty—which was caught in the path of Hurricane Sandy with sixteen aboard.

On Thursday, October 25, 2012, Captain Robin Walbridge made the fateful decision to sail Bounty from New London, Connecticut, to St. Petersburg, Florida. Walbridge knew that a hurricane was forecast, yet he was determined to sail. The captain told the crew that anyone could leave the ship before it...Read more
  • ISBN10 1476746648
  • ISBN13 9781476746647
  • Publish Date 3 November 2015 (first published 1 April 2014)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Simon & Schuster
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 256
  • Language English